At Accenture Digital Core, we help clients continuously innovate at speed and at scale, combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver meaningful transformation. You will bring innovation, intelligence and experience together to shape robust, secure and scalable digital solutions.

Architect and evolve enterprise-scale data platforms, defining standards for data integration, storage, processing and governance across cloud environments
Lead the design and implementation of end-to-end data governance frameworks, embedding quality, lineage and classification by design
Engage with C-level and senior client stakeholders to translate business requirements into data architecture strategies and roadmaps
Drive thought leadership on data platform trends, emerging technologies and best practices across internal and client-facing forums
Mentor and guide senior and junior engineers, setting technical direction and ensuring architectural consistency across delivery teams
Own the enterprise data architecture, including reference architectures, design patterns and platform standards
Define governance, security and compliance principles across data platforms, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements (e.g. GDPR, sector-specific regulations)
Establish data modeling standards, metadata management strategies and master data management frameworks
Act as the primary escalation point for architectural decisions, platform issues and cross-team dependencies
Lead architecture reviews, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient and aligned with business and technology strategy
Build and maintain trusted relationships with client architecture and technology leadership

University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable field
10+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering or data platforms in complex enterprise environments
Deep expertise in cloud data architectures, preferably Azure (Data Lake Gen2, Synapse, Purview, Azure Data Factory)
Strong command of data governance, data quality and master data management frameworks (e.g. DMBOK)
Proven experience designing and delivering multi-environment, multi-domain data platforms at scale
Track record of engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and translating strategy into architecture
Professional English C1 level (spoken and written – mandatory)
Strong collaboration skills within distributed and cross-functional teams
Proactive mindset with a high sense of ownership and accountability
Structured approach to incident and problem management
Ability to prioritize workload efficiently in a dynamic environment
Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal

Solution Designer Data Platform

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